Recent content by TheDonEffect

Same here for the most part, it's pretty impossible for me to get the right fit. The suits I have are all custom tailored now because I rarely can find anything off the rack that fits remotely well, or doesn't make me look like a 90s wall street guy. I pretty order made to measure as well, but...

Lol so awesome.

Lol, there's no need for you, we already know you'll look good doing it.

With all of that said, having done essentially a custom order and modified off the rack orders, I learned I'm happier when I just find a stock model that works for me, and then doing just finishing touches on it (sleeve length, and overall length), and even then sometimes I think I should've...

I'll weigh in regarding on this. I think alot gets lost in discussions about custom, aka bespoke, vs altered/made to measure. Alot of brands that will take your measurements, are made to measure, and people perceive this to be that you're getting a one off jacket, when really you're just getting...

For sure, Horween, Shinki, etc are amazing in their own right, but I think for many it becomes a meeting your heroes situation in that the reality isn't all the great, much like raw denim. The stock steerhide is a great leather and will last generations with proper upkeep, and it has a great...

Yeah the naked one is the one I had. I like the top coat one too but it is a little more stiff and the color depth iirc wasn't as good. Sigh, hello rabbit hole, we meet again.

My first jacket was done with that steerhide, and it's actually really great. Very wearable, very durable, and the jacket just feels like quality. They make their contracted jackets with LEO and such with it, and a ton of actual riding jackets. I then went down the rabbit hole and didn't...

Amazing jacket! Gotta love that leather.

Beautiful jacket!

Awesome story!

For sure. Even within this batch, there apparently is some that has a little more sheen than others, same goes with CXL. And then when you compare to other makers, particularly the JDMs, the variance is even great since they get first dibs on batches and apply their secret sauce to it. But...

IIRC it was slightly stiffer than Shinki but much less so than CXL. Looking back at my earlier post to jog my memory, it was more akin to the Masaye leather which is very wearable from day one.

Yeah CXL definitely has a bit more luster than this Shinki, but I imagine with a bit of conditioner it'll brighten it up. I'm good either way tbh as it still has good luster and doesn't have quite the same residue feeling CXL has especially when fresh. My CXL is skived and somewhat broken in...

Yeah it seems their operations run two lines, manufacturing and alterations, so oftentimes the alteration side if much faster than the manufacturing side, which seems to be the case for you. I've had one of my jackets in for alterations and it took longer than three weeks IIRC.